To all:<br><br>If you have a free hour you want to contribute, please find a wiki page (<a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/</a>) that interests you--and could be improved with something you know or could explain more clearly.<br>
<br>It's simple to click the edit tab button, and enter some new text or links, or whatever you want. Don't worry about making a mistake with the formating, others will come along to fix things up.<br><br>If you don't want to edit the page directly, each page has a matching 'discussion' page, which you can reach by clicking the 'discussion' tab button at the top. These pages are meant to collect reader comments and questions relevant to the parent page. See for example, <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki</a>.<br>
<br>Remember to click the 'Watch' tab button so you will be notified of
changes to the page. When you register your email with you account
name, you can also click the 'prefs' (preferences) link at the top
right of any page, and then, on the 'Watchlist' tab page, you can set a
preference to add any page you edit to your personal watchlist.<br><br>If you want to enter whole new content pages, there are some guidelines at <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Wiki_Team/Guide/Page_Creation">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Wiki_Team/Guide/Page_Creation</a>. There are instructions there for experimenting with new pages in you personal 'User_talk:' section of the wiki.<br>
<br>By this means, you can share and collaborate on whole projects in the Sugar Labs fields of interest, like Ed Cherlin's <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Creating_textbooks">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Creating_textbooks<br>
</a><br>Some of our wiki pages are meant to collect new ideas:<br><a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Request_New_Features">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Request_New_Features</a><br>or questions:<br><a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_help#Help_Requests:">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_help#Help_Requests:</a><br>
or problems:<br><a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Submit_Bugs/Problems">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Submit_Bugs/Problems</a><br><br>Please take a hour to explore the wiki, learn what's there, and then consider what's missing.<br>
At your next opportunity, enter that missing piece!<br><br>It's your collective intelligence and contributions that make wikis work well.<br><br>Thank you, --Fred<br><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Maria Droujkova <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:droujkova@gmail.com">droujkova@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Caroline,<br>
<br>
"What can a volunteer do" is a good general question. I have been<br>
lurking on this list for a while, and I am still looking for some<br>
SHORT tasks (1 hour or so) someone completely new could do. The<br>
problem with most tasks is hours of preparation they seem to require<br>
before they even start making sense. Maybe I missed some noob tasks,<br>
too, because I could not tell them among others.<br>
<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
MariaD<br>
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